Gharibi’s desire to aid in the Iranian fight against ISIS comes after around two years of the Islamic Republic’s intervention in the embattled region.

Iran, composed primarily of Shia Muslims, has come to the aid of regions under the threat of ISIS since the summer of 2014 — via providing financial and technical support to the Syrian military, sending technical advisers to the Iraqi government or providing weapons to Kurdish troops, who have their own motivations to squash the Islamic State. Some media outlets claim that Iran has had combat troops to Iraq since 2014, which Iran denies.

Despite pledging his loyalty to the Assad regime on Instagram, Gharibi denied assertions that he is actually an infamous ISIS executioner, known as the “Bulldozer,” who as his name conveys has a similar body type and was captured by Syrian troops this June.

No word on when Gharibi will actually head to Syria. If his Instagram is any indicator, it may be soon — on Tuesday he posted several photos of himself in army fatigues:

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